S Africa – Zuma penis painting vandalised in art gallery

A giant “X” has been painted over Brett Murray’s The Spear, defacing the controversial artwork that depicts the president with his genitals exposed.

According to e.News, the painting in the Goodman gallery in Johannesburg was defaced as the court case in which the ANC sought to compel the gallery to remove the artwork began in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

Eyewitnesses told the Mail & Guardian that two men painted an “X” over the figure’s face and smeared the face and private parts with black and red paint. They were apparently locked in the guards hut and the police have just arrived.

The gates of the gallery were then locked.ANC spokesperson Jackosn Mthembu said the court case would proceed regardless. Read more…